**Government**
- The Aztec Empire was an example of an empire that ruled by indirect means.
- It was ethnically very diverse, but unlike most European empires, it was more of a system of tribute than a single system of government.
- The Aztec empire was an informal or hegemonic empire because it did not exert supreme authority over the conquered lands, it merely expected tributes to be paid.
- Ancient Aztec government got its structure from units of society that existed long before the Aztec empire was founded.
- This Empire was discontinous because not all dominated territories were connected.
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- Society